Putumayo Presents: Sahara Lounge
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2004-01-20
Music Label: Putumayo World Music
Soundtracks:
- Shiraz - Sharif
- Astahel - Nabiha Yazbeck
- Arhil - Bahia El Idrissi
- Khallini Biljao - Maya Nasri
- Ya Rayah (Sonar Remix) - Dahmane El Harrachi
- Dub4me - Soap Kills
- Cleopatra In New York (Zim Zam Mix) - Nickodemus
- Elama - Yasser Habeeb
- Fly - Ilhan Ersahin
- Hanina (Jasmon Mix) - Jasmon
- Desert Road - Justin Adams
- Lili S'en Fout - Toufic Farroukh
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Free Music Review: Good, but wish there was more included that was ACTUALLY from the the Middle east/North Africa
Hit: 3 Stars
I really love the Putumayo series, they generally have wonderful compilations, and generally put together quite a nice set of music for the region they are representing with thier CD compilations. I like the fact that when you buy a CD, part of it goes to charity.
I liked many of the tracks on this CD, the problem is, its called Sahara Lounge, and a lot of the tracks are not even from the Sahara region. There are tracks from the US as well as the UK. There are also many, many from Lebanon and a sampling from a few other middle eastern/north african contries, but for the most part there is nothing from Iraq, Iran, Israel, Syria, also north Africa which contains most of the Sahara region is very poorly represented.
For the tracks that were put in, most of them are pretty good, and would make a nice backround for a hip middle eastern themed dinner, or music to play in an exotic lounge.
Putumayo Presents: Sahara Lounge Poster
The electrification of acoustic Middle-Eastern music dates from the 1980s, when Algerian rai superstar Cheb Khaled (now known simply as Khaled - the dropped honorific meant "kid" or youth) released his groundbreaking masterpiece, Kutche. It is now commonplace to hear melodies and instruments as old as the desert sands juxtaposed against languid, trippy vocals, while a relentless 4/4 beat is pounded home via sampled, backbeat-driven snares and weighty bass lines. However, the 12 artists on this set for the most part manage to have their fun without bruising the delicate, mysterious beauty of the original traditions. Songs from Iran, Lebanon, Morocco, Lebanon, Algeria, Turkey, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, and a couple of Western locales emerge transformed by clubby synth vamps and anchored by feisty, two-ton bottoms. The treatments come across as sexy, droll, playful, startling and/or tragically hip, and just about any listener will certainly find something to enjoy. --Christina RodenDance & DJ Music CDs
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